The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-23
ofthe Dreamy, Preoccupied State Of Mind
in Which He Passes His Time.
The Friends of Mr.. ThGbe Threaten to
Spring a Mine Under Mr.. Carlisle.
Unconfirmed Appointees Anxiously Waiting
Action Of the Senate-Chairmanship of
the Republican National Committee.
THE DREAMY LAMAR.
He Is Likely tie Cnt a Decidedly Sorry Figure
/ the Supreme Bench.

He Is Likely tie Cnt a Decidedly Sorry Figure
the Supreme Bench.
Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal
WAsHHeToN, Nov. 22-''It is pity that
Lamar is to be nominated for the Supreme
Bench" said prominent Democrat last even
ing. Personally like Lamar, very much. He
is brainy man and good fellow. But he has
few of the attributes that it him for the pro-
posed position. He has not a judicial mind,
and has nc judicial training. He knows little
law, perhaps, but he was never a lawyer of any
prominence, practice. Why ne should be
chosen for the judeshlp. / cannot imagine
suppose, however. it is because Cleveland has .
great admiration for him, and wants to do some
thing that will fix the old for life. / see
some one has started the story that Lamars age
is in the way of his appointment To my mind
his age is the least of the objec tious to him,
even if he is as old they try to make him ont
to be. The older he is of the less time
he would have to serve, and the less time he
has to serve the better for the court Lamar
should have been poet. He has that dreamy,
hazy sort of mind, which would seem natural in
poet. but which is particularly out of place 10
a judge. Why, half the time he is in that dreamy
state of mind that makes him as totally oblivi-
Gus to everything around him if he were
sound asleep. When he is in that condition,
he forgets everything ard seems COM
pletely wrapped M in himself and his
thoughts. know many funny things that he
has been GU il,y of when in the condition I have
m entioned. Once, while in the Senate, he pre-
varied upon a fellow-Senator to dine with him
and at the appointed time they wended their way
arm-in-arro down the avenue, towards Lamar's
boarding place. They had not gone far when
Lamar fell into of his dreamy fits. His COM
pauion kept ND n desultory conversation, doing
most of the talking himself, until they reached
their destination. when Lamar, looking up,
reached out his hand and said: Well, old fell
low, / am home. good His COMPANION
actually had to remind him that he had invited
him dinner One day since he has been Secre-
tary of the Interior he had call 10 make at the
Portland Flats. His driver stopped at the
went in, transacted his business and went out
the Vermont-avenue side, and walked down
to the War Department. a distance OF half
mile. leaving his driver and carriage standing at
the hotel When he had finished his business at
the War Department he came out and looked
for his carriage. Not finding 1t he fumcd. aud
fretted and swore for awhile. and then took .
car back to the Interior Department. Next
morning he called his driver in and took him
severely to task for driving of and leaving him.
And he would not even listen to explanation.
At another time. when he had fallen into one of
his fits. he out of his office in the southeast
corner of the building, into the corridor and
dreamiy walked around until he in the
pletely lost and had to be shown the way back
to his Office. His carriage driver has to con-
stautly watch him when ne alighte To keep him
from going out bare e-headed. and leaving impor-
tant papers behind him in the carriage. He fire.
ouently leaves his Office in the middle of the
day for walk and forgets to come back
could mention many more freaks of the same
kind, all innocent in themselves, none detracting
from his ability character, but, l take it,
going tar to prove his unfitness for place
the Supreme Bench"